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South african gospel group
Musical artist
The Soweto Gospel Choir is a South African
gospel group.
History
The Soweto Gospel Choir was formed in
Soweto , South Africa, by David Mulovhedzi and Beverly Bryer, and producers Andrew Kay, David Vigo and Cliff Hocking in 2002.
[1] The more than 30-member ensemble blends elements of African
gospel ,
Negro spirituals ,
reggae and
American popular music . The group performed at the first of the
46664 concerts for
Nelson Mandela and has since toured internationally several times.
Their albums Blessed, African Spirit and Freedom won the
Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album in 2006, 2007 and 2019, respectively.
[2]
On 7 July 2007 they performed at the
South African leg of
Live Earth . Also in 2007, they joined
Robert Plant in contributing to
Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (
Vanguard Records ), performing their version of Domino's "
Valley of Tears ".
The group was featured on the
Peter Gabriel /
Thomas Newman song "
Down to Earth ", written for
Pixar 's 2008 feature film
WALL-E . The song was nominated for the
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the
66th Golden Globe Awards and the
Academy Award for Best Original Song at the
81st Academy Awards .[
citation needed ]
The group performed at the
2010 FIFA World Cup final draw on 4 December 2009 in
Cape Town , South Africa.
[3]
In 2010, composer
Christopher Tin 's song "
Baba Yetu ", which featured the group, won the
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) . The song had originally been produced for
Firaxis Games 's 2005 videogame
Civilization IV , but Tin enlisted the Soweto Gospel Choir to re-record the song for inclusion on his debut album,
Calling All Dawns , leading to the song's nomination and award. This marked the first time a video game composition had won or been nominated for the category.[
citation needed ]
The group collaborates with American publishing company MusicSpoke to publish transcriptions of a number of its pieces, including "Balm of Gilead", "Hloholonofatsa", "Ke Na Le Modisa", "Khumbaya", "Shosholoza", "Somlandela" and "Swing Down Sweet Chariot".[
citation needed ] They appear on Peter Gabriel's tenth studio album,
I/O —on
its title track , "
Road to Joy " and "
Live and Let Live ".
[4]
Discography
Voices from Heaven (
Shanachie Records , 2005)
Blessed (Shanachie, 2006)
African Spirit (Shanachie, 2007)
Grace (Shanachie, 2010)
Freedom (Shanachie, 2018)
Hope (Shanachie, 2022)
Other contributions
References
^ Diane Coetzer,
Soweto Gospel Choir wants to teach world to sing
Archived 2021-05-15 at the
Wayback Machine , reuters.com, USA, April 18, 2008
^
"Soweto Gospel Choir's GRAMMY Awards history" . grammy.com . Recording Academy. 4 January 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2020 .
^
"Draw ignites FIFA World Cup fever" .
FIFA .com . 4 December 2009. Archived from
the original on December 7, 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2009 .
^
"Peter Gabriel - Full Moon April 2023" .
YouTube .
^ One song, "
Baba Yetu ", performed with the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra .
^ Two songs, "Iza Ngomso" and "Waloyo Yamoni", performed with the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra .
^ One song, "Valley of Tears", performed with Robert Plant.
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